Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-20
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
An Explanation and Interestieg Pro.
ceedings.

| An Explanation and 1nterestieG Pro-
| ceedings.
| LONDON, April 18.-Colonel King Har.
man. the new parliamentary Under Secre-
| tary for Ireland, for the first time since his
appointment. answered interrogatives re-
garding Irish affairs. Upon arising he was
greeted by cheers by the government sup
porters, and by groans and derisive cheers
| by the Parnellites. He stated, in response
to question that since March 1st only
| two tenants were evicted from the Mar
quis |of Lansdowne's estates. These two,
however, involved the evictions of sixteen
sub-tenants.
Sexton asked whether the government
could consent to rescind the suspension OF
Healy.
W. H. Smith, First Lord of the Treas
ury replied for the government that the
was most disagreeable. The govern
ment is sorry they were forced
to he asked that Healy
be named for transgression
OF the orders of the House. It would be ut.
terly out of the question, however, when
no apology had been given for this breach
of the decencies of the debate. Rescind the
suspension! No motion to that effect
could be entertained without the general
concurrence OF the House.
Sexton inquired if it was competent for
him to move the resembling of Healy's sus-
pension. The speaker replied no motion
would be component unless it appeared on
paper before the House.
Sexton said in the absence of Healy he
is authorized for Healy if Mayor Saunder-
son would withdraw the offensive charges,
to which Healy's language was in reply,
Healey would Withdraw the expression
deemed by the House offensive.
Jacob Bright. Liberal and brother of
John Bright, asked how it vas when two
members of the House committed some
offense one was suspended and the other
was not.
The Speaker said that in ordinary cir
cumstances he would define to answer that
his action was not impartial, but in the
present circumstances he would explain, in
the second instance in which breach of
the rules of the House has been commit
ted (that of Sexton). An apology follow.
ed the withdrawal of the expression caus-
ing the breach.
Sexton moved that Healy be heard at the
bar of the house.
The speaker declared it could not be
done.
Sexton asked Major 5aunderson to with.
draw his assertions regarding Healy which
exasperated him into making the response,
for which he was suspended. SaundersOn
remaining silent.
Gladstone put to him direct question
whether he was prepared to render the
House any assistance by the withdrawal of
his offensive expressions. The Conserva-
tives cried mo, no" don't, DON'T"
Saunderson said he never alluded to
Healy directly or indirectly, because he felt
as regards Healy, to be unable to substanti-
ate the charges so as to bring conviction to
the minds of members of House: cries [hear,
hear.] The matter then dropped. Subse-
gently Sexton, resunling the debate on the
Irish Crimes Act Amendment bill, said
Saunderson charged him with direct COM
plicity in crime. If the accusations were
we'll founded, why did the Irish
viceroy approve his present ap-
pointment as High Sheriff OF Dublin
His name, as a member of the League, has
been linked with that OF Sheridan, but
Sheridan was new a member of the Ex-
ecutive Council of the Land League. Did
Saunderson, N pointing to him (Sexton),
mean in reality to embarrass Col. King
Harmon, against whom he recently unsuc-
ceesfullv competed for the new government
office OF Parliamentary Under-Secretary
for Ireland? (Parnellite cbeersl Sheridan
and Col. King Harmon once canva~sed the
same constituency together. Egan, also
Treasurer OF the old Land League, was 1T
one time an intimate friend
Of Col: King Harmon fcheers). They